Evidence map›Paper›PMID 35368512›Full record

ArticleJournal of family violence2023

Prevalence & Correlates of Intimate Partner Violence During COVID-19: A Rapid Review.

Aliya McNeil, Lydia Hicks, Busra Yalcinoz-Ucan, Dillon T Browne

Open access · bronzeAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of family violence, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
45citing papers in PubMed
15.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 102 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Understanding Risk and Protective Factors of Intimate Partner Violence: A Public Health and Social Advocacy Approach.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2026
    Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Article
  14. Article
  15. Article
  16. Article
  17. Article
  18. Article
  19. Article
  20. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Aliya McNeilDepartment of Psychology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave West, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1 Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-0861-693X
Lydia HicksDepartment of Psychology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave West, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1 Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-6307-5796
Busra Yalcinoz-UcanDepartment of Psychology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave West, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1 Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-8335-6779
Dillon T BrowneDepartment of Psychology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave West, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1 Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-7445-6604
University of Waterloo · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, governments enacted a range of public health measures aimed at preventing the spread of the virus. These measures resulted in school closures, social isolation, and job loss, which all contributed to increased psychosocial stress, particularly among families with pre-existing vulnerability factors. Given the relationship between increased psychosocial stress and intimate partner violence (IPV), this rapid review investigated change in the prevalence and correlates of IPV victimization during the first six months of the pandemic. PsycINFO, MEDLINE, Embase, PubMed, Scopus, and the Cochrane COVID-19 registry were reviewed. This search resulted in 255 unique results, of which 24 studies were included. There were 19 studies that examined changes in the rate of IPV from before the COVID-19 pandemic to during the pandemic. Of the studies examining changes in the rate of IPV, 11 found a significant increase. Key vulnerability factors contributing to the increase include low socioeconomic status, unemployment, a personal or familial COVID-19 diagnosis, family mental illness, or overcrowding. Six studies examined whether the presence of children in the home was associated with IPV, but the direction of this relationship was inconsistent. This review finds preliminary evidence of a relationship between COVID-19 induced stressors, pre-existing vulnerabilities, and increased IPV, which present important implications for policy and practice.

Indexed as

CoronavirusCOVID-19Family violenceIntimate partner violenceMental health

Identifiers

PMID35368512
PMCPMC8961087
OpenAlexW4220910834

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.